Article carrier



May 5, 1931 w. F. GoEz 1,803,755

ARTICLE CARRIER Filed Jan. l2, 1931 INVENTOF.

ayu/M419 Mld ATTORNEYS Patented May 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- WILLIAM r. Gonz, or xEoKUK, IOWA, AssIGfNo'RV4 ufo-IOWA FIBER- Rox CorJrPAnY, or KEOKUK, IOWA, A CORPORATION or DELAWARE ARTICLE CARRIER Appncatibn mea January 12, 1931. serial No. 508,296.

This invention relates to article carriers Y 51"0 2--2 of Fig. 1;

j Fig'. 3 is an elevation at right angles to Fig. 1 andshowing the device in position to engage an article to be carried; and Fig. 4: is a view similar to Fig; 3'but showing the device engaging-the article.

Referring particularly tothe drawing, the preferred embodiment of the invention is there shown as being constrnctedto handle a cylindrical article, suchnas an ice ,cream`can.

i Such containers, which areveither of metal or heavy paper, are not usually providedwith ianges beneath whichY anordinary' carrier lmay engage. Thecontainers, which may have capacities as highas 10 gallons, are usually carried by grasping' them with both hands, or if two are to beV carried `one is placed under either arm.` This manner of handling is very awkward, both in picking them'up and in setting them-down. With the present de 0 vice, two containers may be liftedland carried with the same ease as one would carry two buckets. v k The device is here shown ashaving an'article-engaging band formed of two semicircular clamping members 10 of thin, flexible sheet metal. The ends of the clamping members 10 are connected together by means of fiat links 11 arranged outside of the members 10 and each having one of its lower corner portions pivotally connected, as at 12, to the lower corner of one member 10, and being pivoted, as at 13, to the extremity of the other clamping member 10. The other ends ot the links are pivotally connected, as at 14, tothe lower ends of vertical side arms 15. As the pivots 12 yand 14 are on opposite sides of the link pivot 13, the links are in effect bell crank levers. The arms 15 extend upwardly and, at their upper ends, are bent inwardly, `at 16, and secured to a handle 17 to form a bail. j

the endsof the `links 11 connected to the arms 15 will be swung upwardly about the pivots 13 causing the pivots-12 also to swing around the pivots 13 and draw the adjacent ends of the clamping members toward each other f and clamp the containerbetween them. Compare Figs. 3 and't. It will be noted that the end of the clamping member 10 having its lower edge connected to the link has its upper corner cut oil', while the lowercornerof the adjacent member 10 is cut away so'that the ends of the clamping members mayoverlap when drawn together.

yTo hold the clamping members 10-'in substantially horizontal alinement, so that they maybe easily slipped over and alsoreleased from container, a* secondbail is provided within thev rst bail, as clearly shown in Fig.

1. The lower ends of the arms 18 of the inv ner'bail are rigidly secured to the inside of the members 1() as by rivets `19, onearm 18 being connected to one vclamping member 10 near its end while the other armj18-islsimi larly connected to-theother member 10. The clamping members have a' tendency to swing downwardly in opposite directions around their pivots, which is prevent'edby the connections to the second bail. The arms 18 extend upwardly tothe bent portion 16 of the rst 1 VThe lingers of the hand are then inserted bc'- `tween the handles 17 and22 so that only the handle 17 isgrasped. Thehandle 171is then v4raised and the clamping elementslOy will be drawn towardY Veach other, as previously: de-

lscribed,rand will clamp the container between them (FignS) when the containermay be lifted and carriedl about, provided that its It win beseen thai-.if the handle 17 is raised,

weight is supported only from handle 17. When it is desired to release the container, the container is lowered to its desired position and both handles 17 and 22 are again grasped in one hand and urged toward each other by closingthe hand, thereby causing the clamping members to expand, as in Fig. 3, thus permitting withdrawal of the carrier.

It will be seen that one of these carriers may be used in each hand so that two containers may be carried at the same time. Also, the contour of the clamping hand may be square, rectangular or any desired shape to correspond to the perimeter of the particular article to be handled. Moreover, the carrier may be manufactured at a low cost.

Obviously, the present invention is not restricted to the particular embodiment thereof herein shown and described.

What I claim is l. An article carrier comprising, in combination, a pair of clamping members; a bail g a pair of links each pivotally connected one end to one end of one clamping member, and each having its intermediate portion pivotally connected to the adjacent end et the other clamping member, the other end of each link being pivotally connected to one arm of the bail.

2. An article carrier comprising, incombination, a pair of clamping members; a bail; a pair of links each pivotally connected at one end to one end of one clamping member, and each having its intermediate portion pivotally connected to the adjacent end ot the other clamping member, the other end of each link being pivotally connected to one arm of the bail; and a second bail having one of its arms rigidly connected to one of the clamping members and its other arm rigidly connected to the other clamping member.

3. An article carrier comprising, in combination, a pair of clamping members; abail; a pair of links each pivotally connected at one end to one end of one clamping member, and each having its intermediate portion pivotally connected to the adj acentend of the other clamping member, the other end of each link being pivotally connected to one arm of the bail; and a second bail wholly enclosed within the first bail and having one oi its arms rigidly connected to one of the clamping members and its other arm rigidly connected to the other clamping member.

4f. An article carrier comprising7 in combination, two segmental clamping members adapted together to surround the article to be carried; a link pivotallv connected at one end to the end of each clamping member and pivotally connected intermediate its ends to the other end of the other clamping member; a bail having a substantially horizontal handle portion and having its side arms pivotally connected to the tree ends of the links; a second bail having the ends of its arms connected to one end of each clamping member; the upper ends of said arms abutting beneath the handle portion of the first bail; and a handle connecting the side arms of the second bail and spaced beneath the handle of the first bail.

5. An article carrier ccmprisin in combination, a pair of semi-circular iiexible metal clamping members; a pair oi links each having one of its lower corners pivctally connected to the lower corner portion of one of the clamping members and having its intermediate upper portion pivotally connected to the upper corner portion of the adjacent end of the other clamping member; and a bail having the lower ends of its side arms pivotally connected to the other ends of the links.

6. an article carrier comprising, in combination, a pair of semi-circular flexible metal clamping members; a pair of links each h aving one of its lower corners pivotally connected to the lower corner portion of one of the clamping members and having its intermediate upper portion pivotally connected to the upper corner portion of the adjacent end of the other clamping member; a bail having the lower ends of its side arms pivotally connected to the other ends of the links; and a second bail member having the lower end ofone of its side arms rigidly secured to one of the clamping members and its other arm similarly connected to the other clamping member, the connections last named being adjacent the ends of the clamping members on which the pivots for the links are located.

7. An article carrier comprising, in combination, two complemental article-gripping members movably connected together at their ends so as to approach and recede from each other while lying substantially in the same plane; a bail rigidly connected at its lower ends to one member at one end and to the other member at the opposite end; a second bail; and means connecting the lower ends of the second bail to one member at one end and to the other member at the opposite end.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

WM. F. SUEZ. 

